Automatic surface polishing system
AssigneeShur Brite Wax-O-Matic, Inc.
InventorJoseph L. Genaro, deceased
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Abstract
An automatic surface polishing system utilizing strips of material to apply polish to a finished surface and strips of material to subsequently buff that surface. Fabric strips are attached about the periphery of rotating drums. Polish is applied to the strips and is then applied by the strips to the surface and rubbed-in by intermittent contacts between the strips and the surface. The polished surface is caused to dry and is then buffed by additional dry fabric strips which make intermittent contact with the surface.
Claims24
An automatic surface polishing apparatus comprising an applicator having a rotatable drum with one end of a fabric connected therewith, means for applying polish to said fabric, a polisher having a rotatable drum with one end of a fabric connected therewith, said fabric having a substantial surface area closely adjacent to a surface to be polished, means for effecting relative movement between a surface to be polished and said applicator and said polisher, means for automatically moving said applicator fabric into contact with a surface to be polished during relative movement between said surface and said applicator to apply polish to said surface by said applicator fabric making intermittent contact with said surface while said applicator drum is being rotated, and means for automatically moving said polisher fabric into contact with said surface during relative movement between said surface and said polisher to polish said surface by said polisher fabric making intermittent contact with said surface while said polisher drum is being rotated.
An automatic surface polishing apparatus comprising, a rotatable applicator drum having one end of each of a plurality of fabric strips affixed thereto at spaced intervals about its circumference, means to rotates said applicator drum, means adapted to apply polish onto said fabric strips while said drum is being rotated, a rotatable polisher drum having one end of each of a plurality of fabric strips affixed thereto at spaced intervals about its circumference, said fabric strips having a substantial surface area closely adjacent to a surface to be polished, means to rotate said polisher drum, and means for effecting relative movement between said applicator drum and a surface to be polished and between said polisher drum and said surface, whereby a portion of said applicator fabric strips receive polish and apply polish to said surface by intermittent contact therewith during rotation of said applicator drum and relative movement with said surface, and a portion of said polisher fabric strips intermittently contact and polish said surface during rotation of said polisher drum and relative movement with said surface.
A multiple stage automatic vehicle polishing apparatus comprising:
- a first stage having a rotatable applicator drum with one end of each of a plurality of strips of flexible material affixed thereto at spaced intervals about its circumference, said strips extending along the longitudinal extent of said applicator drum, means to rotate said applicator drum, and means adapted to apply polish onto said strips while said drum is being rotated;
- a second stage having a rotatable polisher drum with one end of each of a plurality of strips of flexible material affixed thereto at spaced intervals about its circumference, said strips extending along the longitudinal extent of said polisher drum, said strips having a substantial surface area closely adjacent to the vehicle surface to be polished, and means to rotate said polisher drum;
- and means for effecting relative movement between a vehicle to be polished and each of said stages;
- said applicator strips receiving polish and applying polish to said vehicle by intermittent contact between portions of said applicator strips and said vehicle during rotation of said applicator drum and relative movement between said vehicle and said first stage, and said polisher strips polish said vehicle by intermittent contact between portions of said polisher strips and said vehicle during rotation of said polisher drum and relative movement between said vehicle and said second stage.
An automatic vehicle surface polishing apparatus comprising:
- a. an applicator having a plurality of elongated, relatively narrow, flexible, fabric applicator surfaces, terminating in free ends and having opposite ends, respectively,
- b. a polisher having a plurality of elongated, relatively narrow, flexible, fabric polisher surfaces, terminating in free ends and having opposite ends, respectively,
- c. rotary means,
- d. mounting means fixing said opposite ends to said rotary means so that each of said fabric surfaces has a substantial surface area closely adjacent to a vehicle surface to be polished, during rotation of said rotary means,
- e. said opposite ends of said fabric applicator surfaces and of said fabric polisher surfaces being circumferentially spaced about said rotary means and aligned, substantially edge-to-edge, in rows parallel to the rotary axis of said rotary means,
- f. means for effecting relative movement between a vehicle to be polished and said applicator and said polisher,
- g. means for supplying polish between said vehicle surface and said fabric applicator surfaces,
- h. means for driving said rotary means to automatically move the substantial surface areas of said fabric applicator surfaces into contact with the vehicle surface to be polished during relative movement between said vehicle surface and said applicator to apply polish to said vehicle surface by said substantial surface areas of said fabric applicator surfaces making intermittent contact with said vehicle surfaces, and to automatically move the substantial surface areas of said fabric polisher surfaces into contact with a vehicle surface to be polished during relative movement between said vehicle surface and said polisher to polish said vehicle surface by said substantial surface areas of said fabric polisher surfaces making intermittent contact with said vehicle surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.